Re: Finally finished the most epically fun file ever.
Exactly, that's why it was so funny Xandertrax was criticizing you for doing that (especially since he hadn't even seen the original!) :P. I actually don't like the original-St.-Scarhand style of hyper-layering files until the screen is full, because unless you can easily near-AAA the file (and I can't) you'll be making so much noise hitting the keys that you have no way of being able to hear what the arrows are all going to in realtime. If every other note of a stream has a jump or hand on it it loses a lot of its effect, too. (That's not to say there shouldn't be a handful of files like that for scoring purposes, but I'm not gonna play them for fun.)
About your file:
1) I like how it's more playable and fun; it's nice to have something to read rather than just "your left hand trills and your right hand hits jumps for 8 measures, okay now switch hands". I thought the placement of jump trills during the jumpstream was pretty good too; since you haven't completely filled the screen with arrows, there's actually some contrast there, which I enjoyed.
2) Near the beginning the minijacks seemed a bit randomly placed, but in the slow section in the middle they fit the music quite well. The 4-note jacks were fun.
3) I thought the 24th stream was a good decision, although I couldn't really read it due to the speed. I wasn't entirely sure about the 32nds but maybe I just couldn't hear them well enough.
4) After the first small group of 32nds, there are some places where the main guitar melody pauses a bit; maybe it would be good to have a small pause in the jumpstream there? It would interfere with the whole 'solid jumpstream' thing, but I think it might make the file a little more fun and interesting/unique.
5) I got an A, lol. 18.1 million :P
Exactly, that's why it was so funny Xandertrax was criticizing you for doing that (especially since he hadn't even seen the original!) :P. I actually don't like the original-St.-Scarhand style of hyper-layering files until the screen is full, because unless you can easily near-AAA the file (and I can't) you'll be making so much noise hitting the keys that you have no way of being able to hear what the arrows are all going to in realtime. If every other note of a stream has a jump or hand on it it loses a lot of its effect, too. (That's not to say there shouldn't be a handful of files like that for scoring purposes, but I'm not gonna play them for fun.)
About your file:
1) I like how it's more playable and fun; it's nice to have something to read rather than just "your left hand trills and your right hand hits jumps for 8 measures, okay now switch hands". I thought the placement of jump trills during the jumpstream was pretty good too; since you haven't completely filled the screen with arrows, there's actually some contrast there, which I enjoyed.
2) Near the beginning the minijacks seemed a bit randomly placed, but in the slow section in the middle they fit the music quite well. The 4-note jacks were fun.
3) I thought the 24th stream was a good decision, although I couldn't really read it due to the speed. I wasn't entirely sure about the 32nds but maybe I just couldn't hear them well enough.
4) After the first small group of 32nds, there are some places where the main guitar melody pauses a bit; maybe it would be good to have a small pause in the jumpstream there? It would interfere with the whole 'solid jumpstream' thing, but I think it might make the file a little more fun and interesting/unique.
5) I got an A, lol. 18.1 million :P
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